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We present a Geant4-based simulation study of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) for three commonly used detector targets: Germanium, Argon, and Xenon. A custom CEvNS model was implemented, including differential cross…

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Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) provides a sensitive probe of neutrino interactions at low momentum transfer, but its experimental observation is strongly constrained by detector-related effects such as energy…

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Directional recoil detection for CEvNS measurements with light nuclei at the Spallation Neutron Source

The coherent elastic scattering of neutrinos on nuclei, also known as CEvNS, has been studied for several years by the COHERENT program of experiments using neutrinos from stopped-pion decays produced at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS).…

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Reactor neutrino liquid xenon coherent elastic scattering experiment

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Low-Energy Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering and New Physics

The interactions of low-energy neutrinos with nuclei provide a unique window to explore various Standard Model (SM) and Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) processes. In particular, the recent observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus…

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Extracting nuclear form factors with coherent neutrino scattering

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) can be used to determine the neutron part of nuclear form factors, unlocking intrinsic properties of nuclear structure. In contrast with other such methods, CEvNS is free from both strong…

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The COHERENT Experiment: 2026 Update

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Response of CsI[Na] to Nuclear Recoils: Impact on Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS)

A new measurement of the quenching factor for low-energy nuclear recoils in CsI[Na] is presented. Past measurements are revisited, identifying and correcting several systematic effects. The resulting global data are well-described by a…

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Novel approach for the study of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

We propose the use of isotopically highly enriched detectors for the precise study of coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS). CEvNS has been measured for the first time in CsI and recently confirmed with a liquid argon…

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New constraints on coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering by the nuGeN experiment

The nuGeN experiment searches for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) at the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant. A 1.41-kg high-purity low-threshold germanium detector surrounded by active and passive shielding is deployed at the…

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Interplay between nonstandard and nuclear constraints in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering experiments

New measurements of the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) are expected to be achieved in the near future by using two neutrino production channels with different energy distributions: the very low energy electron…

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Coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering detection with a CsI[Na] scintillator at the SNS spallation source

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Measurement of scintillation response of CsI[Na] to low-energy nuclear recoils by COHERENT

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First Constraint on Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering in Argon

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) is the dominant neutrino scattering channel for neutrinos of energy $E_\nu < 100$ MeV. We report a limit for this process using data collected in an engineering run of the 29 kg CENNS-10…

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Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with directional detectors

We study the sensitivity of detectors with directional sensitivity to coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS), and how these detectors complement measurements of the nuclear recoil energy. We consider stopped pion and…

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Implications of the first CONUS+ measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

The CONUS+ collaboration has reported their first observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS). The experiment uses reactor electron antineutrinos and germanium detectors with recoil thresholds as low as…

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Exploring CEvNS with NUCLEUS at the Chooz Nuclear Power Plant

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Implications of the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with Liquid Argon

The CENNS-10 experiment of the COHERENT collaboration has recently reported the first detection of coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) in liquid Argon with more than $3 \sigma$ significance. In this work, we exploit the new…

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$\sin^2\theta_W$ and neutrino electromagnetic interactions in CE$\bar{\nu}_e$NS with different quenching factors

Recently, evidence for the observation of about 2 keV and below nuclear recoils from the coherent scattering of reactor anti-neutrinos off the germanium nuclei has been reported. We analyze the observed data to estimate the value of the…

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